MISS LYON COUNTY 2026 On Thursday, July 17, Lucy Doorneweerd, Miss Lester, was crowned Miss Lyon County 2026 during the Lyon ...

LYON COUNTY ART Chloe Schiermeyer displays her nail art project in the shape of Iowa while she waits to present it at 4-H ...

NEW EXHIBITOR BACKDROP AT THE FAIRGROUNDS The Iowa Corn Growers Association district committee recently made a $500 donation ...

The Lyon County Fair began on Monday, July 20, kicking off what has become known as “the best four days of summer” to many ...

Editor dkooiker@ncppub.com This year’s Doon Days celebration will take place Friday, July 24 and Saturday, 25, and many ...

DNR to host meetings on changes for upcoming deer season in western and northwestern Iowa The Iowa Department of Natural ...

PITCHING IN Caden Dieters pitches a pile of wheat onto a cart on Monday, July 13, in preparation of the 42nd annual Granite ...

PROUD TO PRESENT Charley Rath watches as a judge examines her sewing and needle arts project during 4-H static judging at the ...

This week we ventured into the deep learning about various sharks, long lost treasures and cities in the deep. We followed ...

Rock Rapids, Iowa July 1s, 2026 Alice Marie Vogel, 89, of Rock Rapids, IA died Sunday, July 12, 2026, at Lyon Specialty Care ...

MEDICAID FRAUD ELIMINATION TASK FORCE Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, center, led Iowa’s first Medicaid Fraud Elimination ...

Vintage Parade Levi Twedt (left) and Owen Wurgler (right) driving a tractor through the vintage parade at this year’s Granite ...